Priscilla Pointer

Biography

Priscilla Marie Pointer (May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025) was an American actress. She began her career in the theater in the late 1940s, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood and made appearances on television beginning in the early 1950s.

Pointer was the mother of actress and singer Amy Irving, making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto.

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Known For

Touched by an Angel

Elizabeth Carpenter

Quincy, M.E.

Nurse Kathy Benson

St. Elsewhere

Dallas

Rebecca Barnes Wentworth

Dallas

Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)

Newhart

Judging Amy

Margaret Palmer

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2011	Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage	Mrs. Beaumont
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self
2008	Sweet Nothing in My Ear	Sally (voice)
2001	Acting 'Carrie'	Self
1999	Inferno	Mrs. Henry Howard
1997	Alone	Susan Hight
1996	Carried Away	Lily Henson
1994	Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition	Barbara
1994	The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics	Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
1992	The Magic Bubble	Grandma
1991	Runaway Father	Mary Bennett
1990	Disturbed	Sr. Francine
1990	The Flash	Nora Allen
1990	A Show of Force	Alice Ryan
1989	A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story	Tracey's Mother
1989	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud	Dr. Berlin
1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Dr. Elizabeth Simms
1987	Rumpelstiltskin	Queen Grizelda
1987	From the Hip	Mrs. Martha Williams
1986	Blue Velvet	Mrs. Beaumont
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman	Mrs. Lee
1985	Generation	Ellen Breed
1984	Micki & Maude	Diana Hutchison
1983	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Miss Cox
1983	Good-bye Cruel World	Myra
1982	Mysterious Two	She
1982	The Gift of Life	Rosalee Boyer
1981	Mommie Dearest	Mrs. Chadwick
1981	The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire	Hawk Lady
1980	Honeysuckle Rose	Rosella
1980	The Competition	Mrs. Donellan
1979	The Onion Field	Chrissie Campbell
1977	A Killing Affair	Judge Cudahy
1977	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Mrs. Dunn
1977	Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years	Missy LeHand
1977	Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night	Laura Atherton
1977	The 3,000 Mile Chase	Emma Dvorak
1976	Carrie	Mrs. Snell
1976	The Great Texas Dynamite Chase	Miss Harris
1976	Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur	Jean MacArthur
1976	Nickelodeon	Mabel
1976	The Keegans	Helen Hunter McVey
1971	Death Takes a Holiday	Marion Chapman
1971	The Failing of Raymond	History Teacher

Year	TV Show	Role
2003	Cold Case	Lillian Vine (2006)
1999	Judging Amy	Margaret Palmer
1994	ER	Mrs. Abernathy
1994	Touched by an Angel	Elizabeth Carpenter
1990	The Flash	Nora Allen
1986	L.A. Law	Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
1985	Amazing Stories	Charlie
1985	Amazing Stories	woman on train (cameo)
1983	The A-Team	Tracy Richter's Mother
1982	St. Elsewhere
1982	Newhart
1980	Stone
1979	Mrs. Columbo
1979	Knots Landing	Beatrice Handleman
1978	Dallas	Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
1978	Dallas	Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
1977	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977	Lou Grant	Elizabeth Driscoll
1976	Quincy, M.E.
1976	City of Angels
1976	Quincy, M.E.	Nurse Kathy Benson
1975	Joe Forrester
1975	Kate McShane	Mrs. Inerson
1974	Harry O
1974	Police Woman
1974	The Rockford Files	Helen Morris
1974	Police Woman	Adele French
1973	Kojak	Regina
1973	Barnaby Jones	Nancy Moore
1972	ABC Afterschool Special	Ruth Meredith
1971	Cannon
1970	McCloud
1969	Where the Heart Is
1968	Adam-12	Jacqueline Carey
1967	The High Chaparral	Mrs.Colton
1952	China Smith